The Ultimate Office Inspires A Designer’s Dallas Home

The paneling in the billiards room hides a secret entry into this sitting room, where Hardenburg's sons escape to play video games or watch movies. The Porter Teleo wallpaper is from David Sutherland; the vintage Eames chair and ottoman are from 20cdesign. Art by Fahamu Pecou is from Conduit Gallery.

In the family room, a custom sectional pairs with a coffee table from Art of Old India atop a rug from Interior Resources. Over the fireplace, the painting by Meredith Pardue, now represented by Laura Rathe Fine Art, is from Smink; the Gregg Coker art near the bar area is from Craighead Green Gallery. Hardenburg covered the vintage armchairs from Again & Again with Quadrille fabric.

A basket from Blue Print accessorizes the family room.

Palecek chairs fill bay windows in the billiards room, which is paneled in shiplap siding from BMC.

Designer Tracy Hardenburg enlisted Juan Gonzalez of Neovations for her Dallas home's custom metalwork and lighting, including the bar area's wine-room doors and sconces, the chains holding the Pier 1 Imports hanging chairs and the iron bases of the barstools. The Moroccan tile in the bar area is custom from Ann Sacks, and the rug is West Elm.

An antique Chinese screen from Design Mix Furniture in Los Angeles conceals a television near a pool table from Universal Billiards in the billiards room.

The designer painted a salvaged theater door from Uncommon Market Dallas for the kitchen pantry. Bleached white-oak cabinets by Carlos Guerrero Studio feature hardware from TKO Associates, and concrete countertops by Sarche Concrete Design flank a Wolf range from Ferguson. The Turkish runner is from The Rug Girl; the photography by David H. Gibson is from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden.

Pendants from Pigeon Toe in Portland, Oregon, light Selamat chairs and a custom table with an antique top from Parkhouse Antiques in the breakfast area.

A powder bathroom is clad in a Phillip Jeffries wallcovering from David Sutherland.

In Hardenburg's office, Neovations fabricated the custom brass-and-Caesarstone table as well as the lighting and collaborated with AG Designs to build the wood-and-iron shelving. The custom stools wear Innovations leather with stitching detail by Cuellar Custom Upholstery.

House Details

racy Hardenburg knew she needed to work from home–with four kids, it was the only way to go. But after years of working from her dining room table, this high-end designer needed a space more suited to her job description. After a lengthy search, she and her husband finally found a historic home with a rear sunroom that had its own entrance. “It was ridiculously perfect,” she says.

Hardenburg didn’t mind that the 1938 house was much smaller than the previous home of her family of six–she loved its gracious proportions and all the potential it offered, so she took out her sketchbook and went to work.

The transformed home has its own office wing, complete with a bathroom and coffee bar. And Hardenburg made sure the rest of the home was ready for entertaining at a moment’s notice, with lounging porches front and back, a new pool and spa, and a billiards room that replaced the formal living room. “I love to play, so I want everyone to go have drinks somewhere,” she says. “I want that California vibe–that relaxed, cool feel.” Mission accomplished.